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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I still have one here, complete with the Q Multiplier. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduating from crystal sets, and saving for weeks I ordered the Heath AR-2.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Heath told me they no longer had that but suggested the AR-3, I saved for a few more weeks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and bought one. I couldn’t afford the cabinet at the time, purchased that later. I spent many hours<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with headphones (ear squashers) listening to s/w from all over the globe as well as country music<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>stations from the south (WWVA Wheeling comes to mind). 100’ of wire strung from my window to the<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>fence line helped immensely.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sputnik was tuned in on a couple of evenings, a big thrill. I recorded it on ¼” reel – reel, an old relic I rebuilt.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I never did learn (at the time) how to use the Q multiplier properly, didn’t even know what “Q” was.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Every few months I pull the AR-3 off the shelf and fire it up. Tuning is a bit sloppy and it does drift for a while,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>but it does remind me of many hours of listening to International S/W “news and views”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keith Harvey VA3KRV<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Campbellford, Ontario, Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Grid FN14ci<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>VE3KHV APRS Wx<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.wunderground.com IONTARIO810<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.weather.campbellford.net CWOP AS831<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>